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Fat32 is an OK format for flash drives and SD cards. I noticed that the transfer is faster with Fat32 than with NTFS (on flash drives).

I have a pretty new XPS 8300 too and do not have this problem. I suspect it is not a hardware problem but something in Win7 is holding it up. Check what processes are running and take time during the data transfer.

Fat32 is an OK format for flash drives and SD cards. I noticed that the transfer is faster with Fat32 than with NTFS (on flash drives).

I have a pretty new XPS 8300 too and do not have this problem. I suspect it is not a hardware problem but something in Win7 is holding it up. Check what processes are running and take time during the data transfer.

How fast do you transfer files on external hard drives? This is driving me nuts now that you said you don't have any problems. I'll check my processes but I'm pretty sure nothing is holding it back.

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Hope I'm clear enough
Happy Christmas time and Happy New Year to all
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